INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 26, 2009) -- Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the Penske
Racing No. 77 Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy Dodge Charger in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series, finished 38th Sunday in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While running inside the top-15, an incident
in turn 1, along with subsequent repairs to the car, relegated the team to a
37th-place finish.

Hornish, a three-time IndyCar Series champion and winner of the 2006
Indianapolis 500, lined up to start the 160-lap event from the 15th
position. By lap seven, he relayed that the Mobil 1 Dodge was handling tight
in the center of the turns and was loose-handling on the exit of the
corners.

When the first round of green-flag pit stops began, Hornish pitted on lap 30
for four tires and fuel, along with air pressure and wedge adjustments. When
the stops cycled through, Hornish was running in the 11th spot.

As racing action continued, Hornish reported that No. 77 machine was
loose-handling overall, especially on the exit of the turns. When the
caution flag waved on lap 57, Hornish remained in 11th place. He returned to
pit road for four tires, fuel and adjustments and restarted the race from
the 12th position on lap 62.

On lap 69, the Mobil 1 Dodge got loose in turn 1 causing Hornish to brush
the wall. The contact forced the Dodge Charger to the garage for repairs and
the crew worked feverishly to get the Mobil 1 machine back on track. Hornish
rejoined the race on lap 107 in 37th place, 38 laps down to the leaders.

Despite the incident, Hornish was able to remain on track for the remainder
of the race. He crossed the finish line in the 37th position, 42 laps down
to race winner Jimmie Johnson. Hornish remains 29th in the 2009 driver
points standings, 118 points out of 25th place.

"I just got loose getting into turn 1 and saved it as much as I could toward
the exit but ended up getting into the wall," said Hornish. "It's
frustrating for sure. Our Mobil 1 Dodge was pretty good today. We made a
couple changes on our pit stop, and may have gone the wrong way a little
bit, but we were still in pretty good position. I just got loose and decided
to gas it up instead of spinning it inside. It was a mistake on my end."

Next weekend, Hornish and the No. 77 team return to Pocono Raceway for the
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500.